English Words: S
54,294 words · Page 219 of 1086
That is inherently disproven, undermined or hindered by the very act of expressing it, without being a logical contradiction.
Able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
To provide water, electricity, etc. to one's own premises on a retail basis by obtaining a special license from the utility provider.
The independent sustenance of oneself, such as not requiring much oxygen to breathe or food to eat and liquids to drink like average species.
Of a particle or excitation, becoming localized in a specific region due to its interaction with its surrounding environment, often causing a local distortion or change that in turn confines the particle.
The act of pretending to be excluded, marginalized, or otherwise downtrodden in order to gain sympathy.
Of a pot or planter: designed with a reservoir from which the soil can take up water without the need for manual watering of the plant.
Of a wristwatch: that does not need to be wound but rather gathers energy from being moved while worn.
A person who recognizes their own flaws, mistakes, or faulty logic, but does not see them as a problem to be addressed or connect them to their own behaviour and beliefs.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English alphabetical index for the letter S contains 54,294 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 1,086 pages, and you are currently viewing page 219. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.
On this page 50 of 50 entries carry a part-of-speech tag and 50 carry at least one stored definition. Coverage varies across letters because Wiktionary volunteers build entries at different speeds for different parts of the alphabet, letters with common starting sounds (S, C, T, P) usually have the densest coverage, while less frequent starters (X, Q, Z) tend to have shorter but more specialised lists. PlainSpell surfaces whatever data is present and links back to the source when a definition is not yet recorded.
For readers using this index as a spelling reference, the guarantee is that every form you see on the list is a documented English headword, not a guess, not a derived inflection lacking a lemma row. If a word you expected to find is absent from the "S" list, it usually means the form exists only as an inflection of another lemma (e.g. a past participle stored under the infinitive) or the entry has not yet been imported from Wiktionary. Use the search bar or the misspelling lookup to resolve these cases.